egg yolk peritonitis?

[Cre8hive]

We also kept her inside and away from the others while she was recovering - less stress for her.

 

[Amy lee]

Hi, I need your suggestion and help,

I read your post, my hen may have Egg yolk peritonitis

2 year old red rhode island chicken has became sick for 8 days. first I noticed she had a really messy bottom with matted poop on her feathers. i cleaned her up, and cut the feathers, and administered antibiotics

Symptoms: Diarrhea, swollen belly, Feather pecking, sleeping all of the time standing up, eating much less, no pruning, no dusting, and no laying, super watery poop, and extreme weight loss. droopy wings and her comb looked ashen.

which medicine I should try first ? Where can I buy the medicine ?

Many thank

 

[scatteredthistl]

Thank you Cre8hive, I believe mine has the same thing......her abdomen is huge and she walks like a penguin, but still lays from time to time so she isn't egg bound. I have some of those meds so I'm going to start her ASAP

 

[kim10261]

glad she is doing better,i am new to raising chickens and am trying to learn everything I can,i cam across egg yolk peritonitis from another chicken blog,so I came here to research it,thank you for sharing the info

 

[Amy lee]

My hen still has super watery poop every day,she does not lay egg any more, but she is doing fine after I drain her four times inApril, get over 300ml yellow liquid.

 

[kim10261]

wow,that is a lot of fluid,sorry she isn't laying anymore but glad she is alive

 

[Amy lee]

Thanks, I'm happy she is still alive, see her picture, the one closer. Her name is "

Hope", another one in the back, "JOY"

 

[kim10261]

they are beautiful,what breed are they,I have 3 hens that look like her I bought as Buff Orpingtons when they were 4 days old,they clearly are not Buff Orpingtons,I love them all the same and they are so so spoiled,my 3 girls are almost 5 months old now and only 1 has been laying me an egg a day,is this normal for chickens of the same breed and age not to start laying eggs at the same time,my girl she lays an egg every day at around 10 in the morning,with the exception after she layed her 1st egg which was super huge she did not lay an egg the next day,but on the 3rd day she has layed an egg every day without fail,i can not be any prouder and happier with my chickies

 

[unicornia]

Hell everyone,
I just want to share with you my experience with my darling bantam cochin frizzle named Munchkin. About a week ago I noticed she wasn't eating very much. She was slow and labored in her walking and I noticed she was breathing heavily. When I picked her up I noticed she had a really messy bottom with matted poop on her feathers etc. So, I separated her from the flock, cleaned her up, administered antibiotics and and kept her warm. After a few days she looked the same. I thought maybe she was being moody/broody since a few of my hens have already began sitting in their boxes trying hatch their eggs.
I returned her to the flock only to find her two days later in really bad shape. She had diarrhea, tail was down, not eating or drinking and her comb looked ashen. That was the last straw! I looked up an Avian specialist in San Diego and brought her in. Her diagnosis was egg yolk peritonitis. Her lower belly was swollen because it was filled with fluid. This cause her breathing difficulty because the belly is so close to the lungs. The condition is not preventable and is only 20 percent curable with treatment. In the end I decided to euthanize Munchkin and end her suffering.
Prior to this, I had never heard of this condition so I wanted to share the symptoms with everyone because I was clueless when looking up what could be wrong with the two year old chicken. I was considering maybe she had worms-thank goodness I didn't administer the Vabazen!

So the symptoms are:
Heavy or labored breathing
Labored walking (because the tummy is close to the legs and is filled with fluid-she is heavier than normal)
Swollen tummy
Diarrhea/messy bottom
Loss of appetite
Listlessness
Comb starts to look sad and droopy
Off by herself etc..

Hope this helps the next person!

In memory of my sweet girl Munchkin.

Sam

So sorry for your loss of Munchkin. I wanted to thank you for your post, though, because it might just save my Whitie; she has all these symptoms, and now I am also convinced that this is her illness, internal laying. Thank you for helping me diagnose her, I am going to try the Duramycin-10 which others have reported has helped. Munchkin is helping others even afer she has passed! Thank you, Munchkin!!!

 

[unicornia]

Our chicken "Angel" has egg yolk peritonitis, but is rapidly recovering since we began giving her DURAMYCIN-10 (tetracyline hydrochloride soluble powder) just 1 day ago . I was really surprised how little information there is about this. It is often misdiagnosed as Egg Bound and sounds like many don't make it. The easiest way to tell the difference is to gently feel the (out) sides of the vent, if she is egg-bound you will be able to feel the hard eggs within. Our story: We recently found one of our girls collapsed and weak in the coop. Her abdomen and vent were swollen. First thought it's an e-coli infection, and contacted our local grange to get antibiotics. Her sister had just started laying, and she was likely due to start too. We figured it was probably related to this, and suspected her to be egg-bound. Tried a warm bath and gentle massage but did feel any eggs, instead the swelling felt spongy. After 5 days giving her SULMET (sulfadimethoxine) and praying, the swelling in her abdomen and vent were still increasing. We were desperate, searching the internet, calling the avian vet, etc and the most helpful thing I came across was this video on youtube, showing a chicken that had all the same symptoms , but had also recovered! Pretty much everything else I had read said the prognosis was poor and to puther in the pot. During the video the speaker holds up a bag of the antibiotic he used to treat his chicken: DURAMYCIN-10 I went back to the grange to get some. Very glad I did, because after only 24 hours she is nearly back to her old self; the swelling is down, she is active and standing more often, even making coos which she had not made for nearly a week! She is still quite lethargic and weak, but I think she is going to make it I will update this post. The video:

Thank you for the information!!! My girl is suffering the same, and I think this is the problem. Where can I get this stuff?